Chapter Summaries

Liu Hao summoned Brother Liang and four other Advanced Martial Gods to attack Chu Tiannan, while Luo'er remained untroubled. Chu Tiannan revealed that he was a Controller Martial God, halting all five attackers with his golden swords.

• Liu Hao demanded that Chu Tiannan hand over Li Xinxin and Luo'er and break his own leg, but Chu Tiannan dismissed him as beyond saving.
• Li Xiangyue worried about Liu Hao's powerful backing, while Luo'er assured her that everything was under control.
• Brother Liang arrived and told Liu Hao that five Advanced Martial Gods, including himself, had come to help.
• Liu Hao ordered Brother Liang and the others to cripple Chu Tiannan, but Chu Tiannan ignored their threats.
• Chu Tiannan summoned Heavenly Sin Ten Directions, stopping the five Advanced Martial Gods with golden sword light, and Chongguang recognized him as a Controller Martial God.

Chu Tiannan held five Advanced Martial Gods at bay with his Controller abilities and confronted Liu Hao, who threatened him with the consequences of killing a public figure. When the guardian of South China Base City arrived and ordered him to disarm, Chu Tiannan refused, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Martial God Chongguang recognized Chu Tiannan as a Controller Martial God, while Li Xiangyue and the onlookers reacted to his strength.
• Chu Tiannan kept Liu Hao and the five Advanced Martial Gods under threat, and Li Xinxin cheered him on.
• Liu Hao challenged Chu Tiannan to kill him, claiming Chu Tiannan would become a target throughout East China Base City if he did.
• Chu Tiannan called out two hidden officials, including the guardian of South China Base City, who ordered him to put down his weapons.
• Luo'er dispersed the guardian's Martial God Power before Chu Tiannan refused to comply.

Chu Tiannan confronted Liu Hao and Guardian Tailong after Liu Hao accused him of starting the fight. He claimed to be the chief inspector of the East Martial Arts Hall, but could not prove it because his appointment letter was in his fighter jet.

• Liu Hao called Guardian Tailong for help and accused Chu Tiannan of attacking first.
• Guardian Tailong warned Chu Tiannan to put down his weapon, and the beastlike man sent shattered debris flying at him.
• Chu Tiannan blocked the debris with a mirrorlike barrier and frightened Liu Hao into silence with a glance.
• Chu Tiannan announced that he was the chief inspector of the East Martial Arts Hall and threatened to kill anyone who attacked him again.
• Chu Tiannan admitted that his appointment letter was in his fighter jet, prompting Liu Hao and his subordinates to laugh.
• Guardian Tailong warned Chu Tiannan that he would arrest him if he continued the joke.

Chu Tiannan revealed his identity as the Chaos Martial God after Guardian Tailong and others challenged him at the Spirit Intent Café. He called Martial God Haoran over to deal with the trouble, leaving Guardian Tailong facing the consequences of his mistake.

• Chu Tiannan challenged Guardian Tailong to contact whoever he wanted while defending himself from arrest.
• Martial God Haoran called Chu Tiannan and addressed him as Lord Judicator, confirming his identity to everyone present.
• Martial God Chongguang apologized to Chu Tiannan, and Liu Hao collapsed in fear after realizing he had provoked the Chaos Martial God.
• Guardian Tailong apologized for his discourtesy, while Li Xiangyue watched the group’s attitudes change.
• Chu Tiannan told Martial God Haoran to come to the Spirit Intent Café and added that Guardian Tailong was there too.

Chu Tiannan revealed that he was an Arbiter and ordered Liu Hao to face punishment for seizing his relatives’ property by force and deceit. Martial God Haoran arrived as Chu Tiannan told him to carry out the execution, leaving him unsure who his target was.

• After Chu Tiannan ended a call, Guardian Tailong and Martial God Chongguang apologized and showed him deference.
• Chu Tiannan said he would not let Liu Hao off, and Tailong brought the terrified Liu Hao before him.
• Chu Tiannan asked what sentence Liu Hao deserved for harming an Arbiter’s relatives, and Tailong declared that the punishment was death with immediate execution.
• Martial God Haoran arrived by fighter jet, apologized for being late, and Chu Tiannan ordered him to carry out the execution.
• Martial God Haoran asked Chu Tiannan whom he was supposed to execute.

Chu Tiannan ordered Liu Hao arrested for harming his relatives, and Liu Hao begged for his life. At Li Xinxin and Li Xiangyue’s request, Chu Tiannan reconsidered and left Liu Hao’s fate unresolved.

• Chu Tiannan ordered the East Martial Arts Hall inspectors to take Liu Hao away for harming his relatives.
• Liu Hao pleaded with Guardian Tailong to save him, but Tailong said he could not help.
• Liu Hao crawled to Chu Tiannan and kowtowed, begging him to spare his life.
• Li Xinxin asked Chu Tiannan to let Liu Hao go, and Li Xiangyue urged him to leave the matter alone.

Chu Tiannan spared Liu Hao at his aunt’s request and imposed harsh conditions instead of killing him. Liu Hao accepted three demands, but Chu Tiannan revealed that there was a fourth condition still to come.

• Martial God Haoran advised Chu Tiannan to spare Liu Hao and use the punishment to gain the Liu Family’s allegiance.
• Chu Tiannan agreed to spare Liu Hao because his aunt had forgiven him, but insisted that he still be punished.
• Chu Tiannan ordered Liu Hao to pay for the damage, warned he would kill him if a similar incident happened again, and required him to work at the Spirit Intent Café or serve five years in prison.
• Liu Hao agreed to the three conditions, and Chu Tiannan announced that he had a fourth condition.

Chu Tiannan settled Liu Hao’s punishment and publicly warned South China Base City’s tyrants not to abuse ordinary people. After the others departed, he apologized to Li Xiangyue for frightening her family.

• Liu Hao accepted Chu Tiannan’s first three conditions, including working for five years, despite finding the prospect humiliating.
• Chu Tiannan added a fourth condition, telling the public to report Liu Hao if he committed further abuses and promising to capture and kill him.
• The crowd praised Chu Tiannan, and Liu Hao realized the conditions had spared his life and kowtowed to thank him.
• Martial God Haoran and Guardian Tailong invited Chu Tiannan to a welcoming ceremony, but he postponed it and dismissed everyone.
• Chu Tiannan stayed behind with Liu Hao and apologized to Li Xiangyue for frightening her family.

Chu Tiannan reunited with his aunt, Li Xiangyue, and arranged for Liu Hao to work at her shop while Li Xinxin teased him about Luo'er. After getting Li Xiangyue drunk, Chu Tiannan returned to his room and prepared to inspect the storage box his parents had left him.

• Li Xiangyue praised Chu Tiannan and welcomed him, while Li Xinxin kissed his cheek and joked with him.
• Li Xiangyue mistook Luo'er for Chu Tiannan's wife, and Luo'er bashfully denied it.
• Chu Tiannan appointed Liu Hao to work for Li Xiangyue and ordered him to clean up and renovate the shop.
• Chu Tiannan got Li Xiangyue drunk, returned to his room, and turned his attention to the storage box his parents had left behind.

Chu Tiannan opened the chest his mother had sealed and listened to her recording, learning that she had left to rescue his trapped father. The chapter ended with Chu Tiannan realizing that his parents were still alive.

• Chu Tiannan sensed the soul barrier on the chest and learned that his mother had sealed it.
• The Devouring System devoured the barrier's Soul Power and rewarded Chu Tiannan 2,000 Devour Points.
• Chu Tiannan unlocked the chest and found a small hammer, a card, a book, and an audio player.
• Chu Tiannan played the recording, and Li Ruoli explained that his father was trapped and she had gone to save him.
• Li Ruoli said the chest contained their soul tokens, her knowledge of soul control, and their savings.
• Luo'er comforted Chu Tiannan as he picked up the hammer, sensed its soul fluctuations, and cried that his parents were still alive.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er discovered that the two soul imprints in his little black hammer belonged to his living parents, and he resolved to grow stronger so he could rescue them. The chapter ended when Luo'er received a message, reacted with a cold expression, and shut off her bracelet.

• Chu Tiannan sensed two undispersed soul imprints in Chu Huaxuan's little black hammer and realized his parents were alive.
• Luo'er confirmed the two imprints, and Chu Tiannan decided not to tell Auntie Li until he had seen his parents himself.
• Chu Tiannan reassured Luo'er that he would protect her, and she responded with affection.
• Chu Tiannan said he would strengthen himself before rescuing his parents.
• Luo'er received a message on her bracelet, her expression changed, and she coldly shut it off.

Lin Changkong ordered his son to bring Luo'er back to the Lin Family if she ignored one final message, as her relatives argued over her engagement. When Luo'er received the ultimatum, she asked Chu Tiannan to help her avoid returning.

• At a dinner in the Lin Family hall, Lin Changkong asked whether his son had contacted Luo'er, and his son said she had not answered his messages.
• A Duan Family woman criticized Luo'er for staying away and growing close to a boy, while Luo'er's uncle defended her.
• Lin Changkong ordered his son to send one final message and bring Luo'er back if she did not return.
• Younger Lin Family members complained that Luo'er was being pressured to marry into the Duan Family.
• Luo'er told Chu Tiannan that the Fifth Council Speaker had ordered her home and asked him to help her stay away.

Luo'er told Chu Tiannan that her family had arranged an engagement with Duan Haotian, and they searched for a way to get it canceled. She suggested that Chu Tiannan’s family propose marriage to the Lin Family, giving him a legitimate reason to challenge Duan Haotian.

• Chu Tiannan learned that the Fifth Council Speaker had ordered Luo'er to return to her family because of her engagement.
• Luo'er explained that her adoptive father would not force her to accept, but her grandfather’s approval was needed to cancel the match with the Duan Family.
• Luo'er said Chu Tiannan could defeat Duan Haotian, the number one Martial God under the stars, to make him stop pursuing her.
• Chu Tiannan said he needed a legitimate cause to challenge Duan Haotian.
• Luo'er bashfully suggested that Chu Tiannan’s father propose marriage to the Lin Family.

Chu Tiannan advanced his Chaos Cloak to the second tier and received a mission to reach Councilor Level and claim an inheritance at Mount Kunlun within a year. As he and Luo'er cultivated through the night, Luo'er reached Martial God Lesser Perfection and quietly admired him.

• Chu Tiannan tried to devour the Myriad Souls Canon, but the Devouring System said he needed to reach Councilor Level first.
• Chu Tiannan used ten cloak advancement stones to raise the Chaos Cloak to the second tier, gaining a decomposition power and a five-percent combat boost.
• The Devouring System ordered Chu Tiannan to reach Councilor Level and go to Mount Kunlun for an inheritance within one year, warning that failure meant death.
• Chu Tiannan decided to keep cultivating despite the dangerous mission, while Luo'er meditated behind him.
• Luo'er reached Martial God Lesser Perfection and watched Chu Tiannan, thinking he was quite easy on the eyes.

Chu Tiannan prepared to take Luo'er to the welcome banquet for his appointment as Chief Inspector, hoping their grandfathers’ presence would help keep them together. At the banquet, the East Martial Arts Hall’s leaders learned that the Chaos Martial God was Speaker Chu Shen’s grandson.

• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er said goodbye to Li Xiangyue and Li Xinxin before leaving.
• An East Martial Arts Hall representative invited Chu Tiannan to the Chief Inspector welcome banquet that evening.
• Chu Tiannan persuaded Luo'er to attend with him and took her to buy formalwear.
• Chu Tiannan learned that the bank card his father had left him held a trillion in Earth Currency.
• Chu Shen arrived at the East Martial Arts Hall, where Martial God Haoran and the other senior members discovered that the Chaos Martial God was his grandson.

Chu Shen and Lin Changkong both attended Chu Tiannan’s inauguration banquet, where Chu Shen hinted that he had an urgent matter to discuss. Chu Tiannan arrived as the newly appointed Judicator and greeted South China’s prominent figures.

• Chu Huatian warned Chu Shen that persuading Chu Tiannan to reconsider his engagement to the Duan family would be difficult, but Chu Shen insisted he would propose anyway.
• Lin Changkong arrived at the banquet, and Chu Shen invited him to talk without explaining his purpose.
• Martial God Haoran and the East Martial Arts Hall officials were surprised that two Chairmen had come to the same event.
• Chu Tiannan entered the hall as Judicator and was introduced to local leaders while glancing toward Chu Shen.

At a banquet, Chu Tiannan met Lin Changkong, who praised his talent and urged him to become a council member. The story left off with Luo'er arriving and linking her arm through Chu Tiannan’s, surprising the guests.

• Chu Tiannan greeted Lin Changkong and Chu Shen, and stood respectfully beside them.
• Lin Changkong praised Chu Tiannan’s soul and Martial God Power and encouraged him to become a council member.
• Chu Shen bragged about Chu Tiannan, while Chu Tiannan privately thought he needed a favor.
• Luo'er arrived at the banquet and greeted Lin Changkong and Chu Shen.
• Luo'er linked her arm through Chu Tiannan’s under the guests’ shocked gazes.

At the welcoming banquet, Luo'er publicly refused her engagement to Duan Haotian and chose to stand beside Chu Tiannan, provoking Lin Changkong's fury. Chu Shen intervened and called himself Lin Changkong's in-law, leaving the two families alone to confront what that meant.

• Luo'er took Chu Tiannan's arm as the guests watched in shock.
• Luo'er told Lin Changkong that she did not want to get engaged to Duan Haotian.
• Lin Changkong roared at Luo'er, and Chu Tiannan moved to shield her while Chu Shen protected them with a barrier.
• Chu Shen stopped Lin Changkong and declared that they were now in-laws, startling him.
• Martial God Haoran dismissed the guests, leaving the Chu and Lin families in the hall.
• Lin Changkong demanded that Chu Shen explain himself.

Chu Shen helped Chu Tiannan pursue Luo'er by explaining his intentions to Lin Changkong. Luo'er introduced Chu Tiannan to her adoptive parents and affirmed that she had chosen him without regret.

• Chu Shen calmed Lin Changkong and explained that his grandson Chu Tiannan had fallen for Luo'er and asked for help.
• Chu Huaxuan praised Chu Tiannan for earning Chu Shen's support, and Chu Tiannan vowed to repay his grandfather's kindness.
• Luo'er brought Chu Tiannan to meet her adoptive parents, Lin Chao and Lin Xinru, and introduced him as her boyfriend.
• Lin Chao asked Luo'er if she had considered her choice, and she said Chu Tiannan had saved her life and that she chose him without regret.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er sought a marriage alliance between the Chu and Lin Families, but Lin Changkong hesitated because he had already agreed to the Duan Family’s proposal and felt something strange about Duan Heavenly Wolf. Before he could speak further, everyone received an emergency assembly message.

• Lin Chao and his wife accepted Luo'er’s decision, while Lin Changkong remained torn between the Chu and Duan Families.
• Chu Shen urged Lin Changkong to reconsider the Duan engagement, pointing to Luo'er and Chu Tiannan’s feelings and the strength of an alliance.
• Lin Changkong said Duan Heavenly Wolf had seemed strangely intimidating when he agreed to the engagement, though he could not explain why.
• Chu Shen told Lin Changkong to contact him if the Duan Family came after him, and Lin Changkong called Chu Tiannan over.
• Lin Changkong’s wristband vibrated, and Chu Tiannan, Luo'er, Chu Shen, and the others received an “Emergency assembly!” message.